Patrice O'Neal

I think we can support this guy because he can pull the coalition together and he's got the support of the military.

He'll need some of our intervention, some of our support, but I think his arms are long enough to pull the coalition together.

If you believed in him, how quickly would you say I should meet with him?

Mr. President, I think we should meet with him immediately now that he's met with all of us and we've got our stuff in order.

I think we need to make the plan.

Does that sound logical?

And it didn't happen.

So why didn't it happen?

By the way, I'll change the names and listen to this.

You know who General Ver is?

V-E-R.

Very famous man in history.

General Vare was the evil general henchman for Ferdinand Marcos.

And General Vare pledged that he would support Marcos.

So that's when the CIA said, OK, Marcos is our guy.

Because for 20 years, General Vare supported Marcos in the Philippines.

And that's what kept the peace in the Philippines.

And the only reason that we selected Ferdinand Marcos, the CIA, was because he had the support of General Vare.

So this has happened before in history where the—

For the U.S., make sure that that leader can carry the coalition.